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To: Beachside Bill who wrote (17740)	4/2/1998 9:45:00 AM
From: surfinSteve	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Re: hackers and airport security... internetnews.com Story begins: FEATURE-Teen computer hackers toss electronic spit balls ÿÿÿÿ BOSTON, April 2 (Reuters) - Teen-agers have always pulled pranks but in the '90s they are hurling electronic spitballs that have crippled an airport, shut off phone service to an entire town and punctured the Pentagon's computer system. ÿÿÿÿ Israeli National Police placed Ehud Tenebaum under house arrest last month after the U.S. Justice Department notified them the 18-year-old had broken into computers at the Pentagon and hundreds of commercial and educational institutions. ÿÿÿÿ The same month, the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts announced the arrest of a 14-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to hacking into a phone system's switching facility, where he shut down vital systems at Worcester Regional Airport and cut off all phone service to a nearby town for six hours. BTW: SDTI preannounced earnings shortfall and is being hammered. Buying oppty?